I agree, sometimes the T14 is horrible and conservative, sometimes it isn’t, but I don’t think being a successful coach in the S14 means that you would automatically be a successful coach everywhere else.

It was so nice to hear Scott Quenelle commentating from the sideline in the Bath v Leicester game, but I couldn’t understand him!

Thanks and good night!

I beg to differ. Admittedly I only saw some Top 14 games in October: Toulousse, Stade de France, Brive, Clermont, Biarritz, Perpignan, Montpellier. By and large, the level of skills and tactics were inferior to the English, Irish and Welsh clubs. I haven’t watched the Super 14 and cannot pass any judgment. My kids are determined to get me FoxSports which I’ve resisted for so long, so maybe next year I’ll be up-to-date with Super 14.

BTW, you’d have to be much older to be a fan of Scott Quenelle.

“He has found a job in Australia, and it is imperative for him to justify the reasons why Stade Français, which is a well known club in Australia, sacked him and all he comes up with are derogatory remarks,” he said.

“From A to Z, everything he said was rubbish. Professionally speaking, ask the players, they weren’t working, they did absolutely nothing. In terms of recruitment, we did exactly what he asked of us.”

…like hot pink jerseys with an Andy Warhol-like picture of Blanche de Castille in front. Next week, it’s someone else’s mug. Admittedly, I only saw the two Stade de France games at the beginning of the Top 14 season. Toulousse was obsessed with drop goals, and Brive, according to the commentator, was a new team, with “nothing to pull out of the bag”. I turned off the TV when SF played Glasgow, it was mind-numbingly boring.

Link and his Tahs team made some bad decisions come finals time thats all. They went from running rugby to kicking rugby to in an attempt to tie things up. Again, sadly those games are all people seem to remember rather than the years of some great rugby.

What links talkin about is they seem to worry about lookin good first instead of being/getting good. i.e. getting players he didnt want, or couldnt use.

Fair enough if thats the way he saw it.

Something he couldn’t achieve at the Tahs, despite their riches.

How often do successful coaches get sacked..?

Stade picking up may show Link can’t coach, or just that the new coach and team suit each other better. Or the team is pulling its finger out after seeing the coach go and knowing they don’t have any excuses.

He got canned after 5 games or so. Some criticised his style, but I felt it a bit harsh. If he had stayed and turned it around ….

I hope he does well with the Reds. He was no bozo at the Tahs (or Wallabies apparently), and gave us our most successful years. In 2008 we dropped off, but as they say, all coaches are either waiting to be sacked or getting sacked.

I am always surprised by the venom some attack Link with. He strikes me from listening to him on Ruggamatrix to be a pretty decent bloke, and love his rugby and think about it deeply. He may not coach sparkling rugby, but then who is currently?

By showing off the players’ pecs etc., the rugby club can try to make the sport more popular and fashionable. As a sport, football is better and so it gets more press. This is a way of trying to fight against that.

But I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. If he at least gets them fit and tackling that’ll be a start!

He was sacked from his last two jobs. As usual, something stinks at the Reds that they pursue these types of people. Whoever thought Eddie was good for the Reds after being sacked from the Wallabies needs their head read.

I hope I am wrong, and certainly he has some winning history, which the Reds haven’t had in a coach for a while, and I guess he can’t do worse can he?

I look forward to seeing how Link goes with the Reds, but I suspect he is seriously over-rated.

Quite the hissy fit has Mr McKensie. It must be doubly galling seeing Stade’s stock rise in the league following his departure.